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Prevention Regional Trainings Coming Soon

April 30, 2012

posted in: prevention

Starting in May 2012, CALCASA will be offering trainings at Prevention topics at CALCASA regional meetings. These free trainings are 1-2 hours to develop specific skills for prevention. The first training will be on the topic of “Using Youth as Prevention Volunteers” on May 8 in Visalia (Valley region).  Other trainings will be held on

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I’ve Got Your Back: Bystander intervention for street harassment

March 20, 2012

posted in: prevention

(8 min) Hollaback! is a global, grassroots effort to end street harassment. In this interview with Emily May, Hollaback’s Executive Director, we talk about the development and launch of Hollaback! “I’ve Got Your Back” campaign to encourage bystanders to intervene in street harassment, and Hollaback’s partnership with Green Dot, etc.

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3 ideas for personal action to fight street harassment

March 20, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

Why should we care about street harassment? Thembi Ford at Clutch magazine writes:  Whistles, arm-grabs, flashing, random sexual comments and insults, thrown objects, or even just what pretends to be an innocent “hollla” that turns into physical assault…the list of what young women (and for that matter old women and some men) can face while

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Bystander Intervention: From Its Roots to the Road Ahead

February 27, 2012

posted in: prevention

(6 mins) Jeff O’Brien, National Director of Mentors in Violence Prevention, describes the upcoming national conference “Bystander Intervention: From Its Roots to the Road Ahead” to be held in Boston, Mass., May 31 to June 1, 2012. This conference will explore bystander intervention to prevent gender-based violence. Listen: Interview with Jeff O’Brien about conference on

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Ex-UVA lacrosse player found guilty in the murder of his former girlfriend, Yeardley Love

February 23, 2012

posted in: CALCASA

Today, George Huguely V was found guilty of second-degree murder for killing his former girlfriend Yeardly Love in 2010. Victim advocates believe that this verdict will support other sexual assault and domestic violence survivors in coming forward and reporting the crimes perpetrated against them. “Anytime offenders are clearly and seriously held accountable, that sends a very strong

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Green Dot – Official launch at De Anza!

February 21, 2012

posted in: CALCASA,prevention

This week we have a guest post from Della Duncan and Stacey Carlotta of the YWCA of Silicon Valley (both pictured at left)! They have been busy, getting their community excited about Green Dot and inspired to take action. Read on to hear about how they did it… Green Dot YWCA Silicon Valley has officially

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